New Liverpool signing Simon Mignolet claims competition for places with Pepe Reina and Brad Jones will bring out his best.

The Belgian goalkeeper joined from Sunderland for £10m this summer but refuses to believe he will be first choice at the Anfield club .

"That's always what has happened when there's competition," he told ESPN FC.

"I've had competition in Sunderland and in Belgium with the national team.

"It's not only Pepe - there's a lot of good goalies at Liverpool, like Brad Jones for example - and it's not only the position of the goalie where there is competition. It's every single position on the field.

"There are only 11 players who can play and it is something that is normal with being a football player. You have to deal with that. Competition can only make you as an individual better and let you perform better, it can only be a positive thing."

Mignolet became Brendan Rodgers' fourth signing of a busy summer, and the keeper is confident his new side can compete for honours this campaign.

"From the talks I had with the manager and the goalkeeping coach I felt they were very ambitious and the club wants to get forward," Mignolet added.

"The signings they'd already done before July showed they really wanted to get going. They want to push on again in the Premier League. It was obvious that they are an ambitious club and a big club.

"I know how big a club this is but I think I'm only going to feel it once the games get going. The first few training sessions went okay. I'm very happy to be here and train."